Cate's Diary

That must be so nice to have a partner who loves to cook! The food all sounds great.
Poor little bandicoot--i imagine him having a cozy nap beneath the rhubarb leaves and then getting the shock of his life!
 
Petal001 said:
Great excitement Cate . Most we get is a shrew . Food sounds good . Most yoghurt cartons here ( individual ones ) are 125g I believe. I have a 170g high protein one for breakfast at about 80 cals . Enjoy the day
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It was exciting, Petal. I wish I hadn't shrieked, but if it means he'll hide somewhere safer next time, that will be a good thing. Re: yoghurt I weighed out the yoghurt I took to golf today & it was 120g & that was more than I had for breakfast the other morning. 120g should be about right I reckon.
LaMaria said:
I spotted a European hamster on my way to work last week. So cute! Bandicoots are adorable though and I'd love to see one in the flesh.
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I hope you get here one day, LaMa & I will show you all of the Tassie animals!
liza said:
That must be so nice to have a partner who loves to cook! The food all sounds great.
Poor little bandicoot--i imagine him having a cozy nap beneath the rhubarb leaves and then getting the shock of his life!
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It is really nice, Liza. I know I'm very spoiled. I know- poor bandicoot :blush5:
I had a really lovely day at golf today. I played with K, who I really like & A, who likes to be a bit outrageous. We had lots of laughs. I won 2nd division & played better than I have in a long time. I ache from head to toe, but my knee wasn't too bad. Archie was ok when I got home too, so maybe he's getting used to being left at home now. I just leave the sliding door open to the decking so he has half the house, the decking & a small yard. It can't be bad.
 
Cate said:
I just leave the sliding door open to the decking so he has half the house, the decking & a small yard. It can't be bad.
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:D You take away his favorite cuddle toy though :p
If I do end up moving back "home" and have more vacation time to spend freely Tasmania is my first destination so be careful what you promise!
 
Thank you my friend! I´d love to come visit some day and I´m starting to see a future where I may indeed get to travel.
 
Your new plan looks great Cate. I always forget about water! You have already nailed the consistency part by keeping this blog for so long, so I'm sure you'll nail the rest.
 
LaMa- I look forward to your visit. There are so many places within easy driving distance of our house. If you like I can lend you my car & you can head off on your own. So many options. It's great to have something to look forward to.
101- Thank you. I never give up on myself, but I am starting to wonder if I'll ever get back to within a few kilos of my lowest weight.

I'm really glad I played golf yesterday. It is amazing how much my body recovers in one night. I wouldn't say I'm bouncing about like a spring chicken, but I no longer feel like an old chook on its last legs.
Yesterday:
Food: good
Alcohol: 1 glass bubbly at golf, 1 glass red wine back home
Exercise: played 18-holes of golf, pushing a buggy.
Mood: good; It felt good to actually play golf reasonably well again. I had been thinking of giving it up. It was great to have quite a few laughs & I found a balance with the time spent after the game. When the women were having 2nd drinks I decided to leave & got home at a good time. I had set a silent alarm on my Fitbit for 3.30 & left before 3.45. It is still a long day, but that was about right.
 
Souds like balance, which is always good.
It's funny: I haven't had the urge to travel in years, but it seems to be starting.
 
Glad your mood is good and the golf went well. I played really bad tennis today - with sport it’s always up and down. I think you should keep it up.
 
LaMa- Balance is difficult & I'm a bit out at the moment. I no longer have the urge to travel. It may come back.
Petal- I must confess to feeling fat. It happens to us all from time to time & it doesn't take much of an increase in weight, but I do. I'm trying to get my mojo back.
Em- I know it's important for me to keep it up & you're right, competitive sport is always up & down. I'll hang in there.

We are off to our quarterly family catch up today. It comes around quickly. Archie is going too. I messaged G's brother to check if they would prefer we left him at home, but he said that his pup would love another doggy date. I had bathed Arch just in case & he had bathed his pup too. I'm always happier when I can take him with me.
 
Ah Cate i understand you totally and I still have days where I feel fat and frumpy and I do easily have a lot of fat still to lose .
hope your catch up goes really well .
enjoy
 
Thanks, LaMa & Petal. I’m too tired tonight to tell you about the day but I’m so glad I’m back home. I’ll report in the morning xoxo
 
Cate said:
We are off to our quarterly family catch up today. It comes around quickly. Archie is going too. I messaged G's brother to check if they would prefer we left him at home, but he said that his pup would love another doggy date. I had bathed Arch just in case & he had bathed his pup too. I'm always happier when I can take him with me.
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I hope the catch up went ok! And hope you got a good sleep afterward.
 
Thanks, LaMa, Liza & Petal. I slept really well, but am still very tired this morning. I feel a bit worn out at the moment & I'm not sure why. Quite a few little things have thrown me out this week. They're not worth mentioning really, but sometimes my brain stews on things. I can have sensitive periods where I take things personally. Yesterday was mentally draining. One of my G's sisters ended up going to hospital after lunch as she could barely walk. She is very much overweight & so is G's other sister. She had an x-ray, but we haven't heard back. His other sister was a bit snappy during lunch & I'm not sure why. It was very noisy & I was very glad to be back home. We only had a little fruit for dinner as we were too full.
Earlier in the week I had told D that we could have the kids on Sat during the day if he was working, He messaged me back to ask if they could all come to stay Friday night, kids Sat, all of them Sat night & then have fathers day breakfast at our place on Sunday & he would drive them home. I had been hoping to steer him back to just leaving them with us for the occasional day. We were both so tired driving home yesterday but called in to buy veggies on the way home. After we had shopped he rang to say E had forgotten the arrangements & he wouldn't pick them up until Sat night, but they would all still come to stay with us Sat night. *sigh*
I was going to the market as we haven't had one for months, but I'm really tired & can't work out how to do it easily with Arch. A lot of it is indoors. I might take him for a big walk & then leave him in the car for a short time. I would rather shop without G & just wander around. I think I will go. It's not at all warm & he'll be ok in the car for a short while with windows open a bit.
 
Cate said:
I feel a bit worn out at the moment & I'm not sure why.
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Aftereffects of SAD? It can take a while for hormone levels to get back to normal. G's sister may just have been worried about their other sister too. I'm glad you've got today "off" but I'd be thoroughly annoyed with D for changing things last-minute AGAIN.
 
Cate I think we all get periods of feeling weary and that’s the term I use too . Sounds like a market day is what you need . Too bad on D dumping on you again. I imagine you are softhearted like me and I find it very hard to say no to people but maybe tell him next time you are not feeling too well and maybe another time . I can see my friend battling with the same thing now with her family and she is tired too .
Hope all the sister in laws are ok .
 
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